machan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of machan
C19: from Hindi
Example Sentences
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The hours dragged along slowly; Shafto, doubled up in a cramped position on a machan, felt painfully stiff and was obliged to deny himself the comfort of a cigarette.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by Croker, B. M. (Bithia Mary)
Nobody shoots over it, so that entices the animals; but Prince Ananda has a roomy machan there with an electric light in it.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
Philip Alexander Maseden, aged sixteen, neither knew nor cared what a machan was.
From His Unknown Wife by Tracy, Louis
A light bamboo ladder, strapped to the pipal, led to a machan that was hidden by a constructed wall of twigs and grass, through which were little openings that afforded a view of the pool.
From The Three Sapphires by Fraser, W. A.
The heroes could barely descend from the machan, so stiff and aching were their bones.
From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Devee, Sunity
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